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No. 448,288. PatentedM'ar. 17, 1891.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM BENJAMIN TVRIGHT, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

PAPER-CARRYING ATTACHMENT FOR TYPE-WRITING MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 448,288, dated March 17, 1891.

Application filed March 8, 1890. Serial No. 343,203. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM BENJAMIN WRIGHT, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Type- TVriters, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a rear elevation of so much of one form of type-writer embodying my invention as is necessary for an understanding of my improvement. Fig. 2 is an end elevation, and Fig. 3 a plan, of what is shown in Fig. 1, the roll of paper being removed in Fig. 3 for greater clearness. Fig. 4 is an end view of my new roll.

The object of my invention is to produce a type-writer which prints from a roll of paper or the like; and the main feature of my invention is a type-writer having the hereinafter-described paper-carriage provided with a roll of paper to be printed.

In the drawings my invention is shown embodied in the well-known Remington typewriter, only so much of that machine being shown, however, as is necessary for an understanding of the nature of my invention, A being the base, a the rear uprights, a the rod on which the frame of the feeding device and the support a carrying the spacing-rack, slide, and 1 being the stop carried by the ad justable screw 2 to regulate the length of line printed. The screw 2 slides in a slot 3 in the rack-support o The rack carried by the bracket 0. is represented by 4.

My paper-carriage B, supporting the roll Z) of strips to be printed is in this embodiment of my invention connected to the support a by arms I) b, and supported on a track 13 conveniently formed on bracket B secured to frame of the machine. As shown, the carriage is provided with grooved wheels 19 two on one edge of track B and one on the other edge. This is a convenient way of keeping the carriage on its track. The supports b in which the journals 6 of roll I) rest, are constructed so that the roll may be removed when the paper is exhausted and a fresh roll put in its It is desirable to provide a tension b place.

to prevent the roll Z) from unwinding too rapidly. Carriage B may be of any suitable shape and construction, but is preferably a casting shaped as shown in the drawings-- that is, a casting with two uprights forming the supports for the roll I), and with a downward projection I), carrying a grooved wheel N, which works on that edge of track B which is farthest from the roll, and steadies the carriage and helps keep it on the track, the carriage being provided with other grooved wheels 11 which run on the upper edge of the track B. Two arms I) b are preferably employed, and are loosely pivoted to carriage B and connected to rack-support a say, by a screw 5, the arms I) I) being connected in this case by across-bar 6. The upper ends of the supports 19 are best formed with open slots '7, in which the journals 6 of roll 6 rest, to allow rolls of paper to be readily put in and taken out. The bracket B is conveniently formed of casting having a web 8, one edge of which fits under the flange 10 of the frame of the machine, while the other edge 11 rests on base or frame A of the machine. It will be obvious to all skilled in the art that the construction shown must be varied to adapt my invention to differentforms of type-writers, and that the form and construction of the parts herein set forth may be changed without departing from my invention. \Vhen the support 66 is slid along on the rod a, the papercarriage B is moved, carrying the roll of paper endwise, and the paper is thereby brought into proper relation with the type, as will be plain without further description.

It will be plain to all skilled in the art that the carriage and its track may be greatly changed in form, if desired, and the track may be an integral part of some portion of a machine embodying my invention. In Fig. 2 only a single strip of paper is shown on roll Z), but in Fig. 4 the roll is provided with alternate strips of printing-paper m and transfer-paper y. In preparing these rolls for the market I ordinarily perforate the strips 0: at different distances to provide sheets of standard sizes.

TVhat I claim isment, consisting of bracket B track B, papercarriage B, and one or more arms b, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

WILLIAM BENJAMIN WRIGHT. Witnesses:

EDWARD S. BEACH, JOHN R. SNOW. 

